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ENG 1001 Home Page Source Use and Parenthetical Citation Exercise (Secondary Sources)

Print the exercise below. Label each numbered item below either C (correct) or I (incorrect) in terms of source use and parenthetical citation. Possible errors may be in quoting, paraphrasing, integrating, or citing.

ORIGINAL: When Armand's love slips into cruelty, when L'Abri echoes with sibilant mockery, Desiree loses her own tenuous grasp on the balance of life. For her there seems only one choice, one final boundary to cross; and the alternatives are measured by the line between civilization and the patient, hungry bayou that lies just beyond.–Cynthia Griffin Wolff, p. 83.

1. _____ Wolff observes that Desiree’s fragile existence is destroyed as Armand’s affections give way to heartlessness and L'Abri "echoes with sibilant mockery" (83). 

2. _____ Wolff indicates that, after Armand's love becomes cruel, after L'Abri has the sounds of mockery, Desiree misplaces her weak hold on her life (83).

3. _____ "When Armand's love slips into cruelty, when L'Abri echoes with sibilant mockery, Desiree loses her own tenuous grasp on the balance of life." (Wolff 83).

4. _____ As one scholar points out, Desiree’s fragile existence is destroyed as Armand’s affections give way to heartlessness and L'Abri "echoes with sibilant mockery" (83).

5. _____ As Wolff points out in her article: "When Armand's love slips into cruelty, when L'Abri echoes with sibilant mockery, Desiree loses her own tenuous grasp on the balance of life" (83).

6. _____ According to one interpretation, "When Armand's love slips into cruelty, when L'Abri echoes with sibilant mockery, Desiree loses her own tenuous grasp on the balance of life and there seems only one choice, one final boundary to cross, and the alternative are measured by the line between civilization and the patient, hungry bayou that lies just beyond" (Wolff 83).

7. _____ Wolff makes the following point regarding Desiree's reaction to the tragic changes in her life: Desiree’s fragile existence is destroyed as Armand’s affections give way to heartlessness and L'Abri "echoes with sibilant mockery."

8. _____ Wolff observes that Desiree’s fragile existence is destroyed as Armand’s affections give way to heartlessness. This reaction is understandable, and the reader is forced to pity her. "For her there seems only one choice, one final boundary to cross; and the alternatives are measured by the line between civilization and the patient, hungry bayou that lies just beyond" (83).